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MY WISHLIST / İSTEK LİSTEM: GIVENCHY PHENOMEN’EYES MASCARA

Until three years ago Givenchy’s “Phenomen’Eyes” used to be my HG mascara. You know the one I’m talking about, the one with the “mace” tip, the one that became the talk of the town, the one that other brands tried to copy and failed miserably. I went through I-don’t-know-how-many-but-it-was-too-many-anyway tubes of it. It lengthened, curled, defined and gave loads of volume all at once. I first got it when it came out in France in the November of 2008 and I used it religiously for the next four-five years. But the more I became interested in makeup, the more products I got and instead of being the staple, this became “just another one” of the mascaras in my collection.

A few months ago Givenchy re-released this mascara with a new and improved formula. The brand says “it features a new hydrating polymer that prevents smudging and a triple-action polymer that strongly clings to the lashes to lengthen and curl them”. Well it never ever smudged on me with the older formula anyway. I even used to go to bed with makeup a lot of the time, spent the whole night and day out and even then it stayed exactly like when I first applied it without making my lashes drop even a bit. Even when I cried it didn’t smudge much. It was miracle in a tube. I loved the plastic mace-like brush too. Sure it took some time to get used to but once you do, it becomes an everyday staple. Now that they have a newer formula, I’m extremely excited about this product but I’m yet to try it. There are two colours available, “Deep Black” and “Deep Brown” and also there is another version that’s waterproof in two colours as well, “Extremely Black” and “Extremely Blue”. Now all I need is a chance to go and try it out in the store. 🙂